Exactly. It is time for BRICS to be led by new leaders like Brazil and South Africa. BRICS should not expect Putin and Xi to remain forever to chart the course and direction of BRICS, as that would invite criticism. Right now, there are already criticism by India that BRICS is all about benefiting China. No country in BRICS wants that.
Now Indonesia is a big country going to have its voice heard. And it is up to the rest of BRICS to decide what they want to do with India if it still persists in its decision to sabotage the direction of BRICS. After all, BRICS was created to give small countries a voice in all things, not just only Russia and China forever calling the shots. BRICS is not the UN, with big donations entitling big donors a big and overwhelming voice. That should not be what BRICS is all about.
Countries in BRICS will know, as time goes by, what India is trying to do even by giving it a voice. India is not BRICS, just as the USA is not what global trade is all about. BRICS can do without India, as it has not contributed anything of benefit to the grouping thus far. As a perceived Trojan Horse for the Anglo-Saxon Whites, especially the USA, this does not escape the attention of Russia and China. And it is up to all members of BRICS to decide the fate of India if it goes rogue against the decisions of the majority.
China is making missiles using robots working 24 hours a day. And China has all the needed raw materials and processing facilities for that - rare earth, titanium, steel, aluminum and iron. Chinese manufacturing is all there to turn into and provide the supply chain for a war economy. China can fight a long war, or a short one if the USA cannot manufacture enough weapons needed to sustain a longer war.
Overcapacity is also to China's advantage, as Chinese manufacturing can turn to a war machine if needed. Can the USA do that as what it did in the past, and now with all manufacturing facilities all hollowed out. Of course, that can be remedied if Trump's attempt to lure manufacturing back to the USA is successful. But are present indications pointing to its success? What Trump has done is achieving something diametrically different from what he gloated about doing. Even true-blue USA entities like Apple, Boeing, John Deere, Ford and others are shifting production out of the USA. What really broke the camel's back was the added tariffs making imported components and raw materials very much more expensive.
There is now a deluge of propaganda using misleading reports about job creation in the USA, using smoke and mirrors to fool the masses regarding the reality. With entities shifting investment overseas, small retail outlets closing shop, food and beverage outlets going out of business and cuts in Federal spending, the loss of jobs cannot be hidden by creative reporting.
The deportation of illegal immigrants may create job opportunities in farming, food and beverage sectors and small retailing outlets, but are USA citizens willing to go for such low paying jobs? Immigrants do not have employment rights fighting for higher wages against errant employers, unlike USA workers that will demand high wages for such jobs. More businesses will bite the dust if USA workers are instead hired to replace those immigrants. Job openings may be created, but it does not musk the real issue of who is taking over those jobs.
27 min clip by Piers Morgan on the night Tel Aviv looked like Gaza. I often turned off when Piers Morgan appeared as his presentations often were prejudice view about America was right, typical of a brain dead hillbilly. Many American thinkers had taken him on to challenge his unthinking views to make him look ridiculous. This clip is one of his most objective views of what is happening in Gaza and Tel Aviv and the wrongs the Israelis have done to the Palestinians, and the just karma returning to the Israelis, unstoppable.
The clip is like a wakeup call on Piers Morgan or his awakening to the harsh realities of the world that he cannot ignore any more. Piers Morgan was like a changed man in this clip.
The reason spate of assassinations in Iran is a lesson for the dull and brain dead worshippers of the West. Many are still using Apple products and GPS, die die believe that the West means the best, even knowing that Apple and many products are listening on them, monitoring and tracking them. It was reported that many of the Iranian leaders were killed together in meetings, likely their positions and locations being compromised by their iPhones with the help of GPS.
Is this a lesson to be learnt? For the sensible, many do not need such deadly lessons to save themselves. For those suffering from stupidity has no cure disease, such lessons would never make them wiser and they would continue to use Apple products and GPS.
Iran has finally switched to Beidou Global Navigation System to protect themselves, and also using the same system to target Israeli positions with their missiles with increasing accuracy. Huawei is not just a better system. It can save your life. The Americans and Israelis cannot hack Huawei system, cannot monitor, eavesdrop and track the users.
It is better late than never for Iran. But for sure, many Arab and Muslim leaders are still using iPhones and GPS and ignoring their own safety and the safety of their loved ones.
The Americans would continue to ban Huawei and ban the use of Huawei in America but also in American colonies and crony states, to want to continue to eavesdrop and spy on the users. The colonies and crony American states have no choice, coerced by the Americans to ban the use of Huawei, so that the Americans can continue to screw them as and when they want it. Without Huawei's advanced 5G technology, they cannot even operate driverless vehicles on their roads. These are the heavy price for being American doggies.
Would the Arab and Muslim states wise up and drop Apple products and GPS? Unfortunately many could not, as they are semi colonies of the American Empire and have to do as being ordered by the American terrorists. Use iPhones and GPS or else.... Their lives are hanging on tiny strings controlled by the Americans. At least the Iranians have cut off these strings for good by switching to Beidou.
How many Arab and Muslim leaders are still using iPhones? How many African and Asean leaders are still using iPhones...and GPS?
Exactly. It is time for BRICS to be led by new leaders like Brazil and South Africa. BRICS should not expect Putin and Xi to remain forever to chart the course and direction of BRICS, as that would invite criticism. Right now, there are already criticism by India that BRICS is all about benefiting China. No country in BRICS wants that.
Now Indonesia is a big country going to have its voice heard. And it is up to the rest of BRICS to decide what they want to do with India if it still persists in its decision to sabotage the direction of BRICS. After all, BRICS was created to give small countries a voice in all things, not just only Russia and China forever calling the shots. BRICS is not the UN, with big donations entitling big donors a big and overwhelming voice. That should not be what BRICS is all about.
Countries in BRICS will know, as time goes by, what India is trying to do even by giving it a voice. India is not BRICS, just as the USA is not what global trade is all about. BRICS can do without India, as it has not contributed anything of benefit to the grouping thus far. As a perceived Trojan Horse for the Anglo-Saxon Whites, especially the USA, this does not escape the attention of Russia and China. And it is up to all members of BRICS to decide the fate of India if it goes rogue against the decisions of the majority.
A Chinese J10 just cost about US$45 million which is much cheaper than a Rafale costing US$280 million. In performance, it does not lack the ability and capability of the Rafale. India is trying to create fear among neighbors with the hype-up reputation of its Rafale jet purchase, just like the USA hyping up its F35s, that have yet to pit itself against China's J20 or J35.
Iran has confirmed the purchase of Chinese J10s, which should be delivered soon, knowing how fast Chinese manufacturing has been known to work out. What should be interesting is how the J10 will fare against Israel's F35, if it goes head-to-head, if Israel were to fix up another attack on Iran with the J10 delivered. Having said that, Iran must still be highly alert in the interim for another pre-emptive strike by Israel, pending the arrival of the J10 and other Chinese weapons.
Iran is now reported to be cleaning house of Israeli spies working inside the country. According to reports several hundred have been rounded up and some executed. Another report surfaced that Iran's military also destroyed a very large number of hidden Israeli drones providing intelligence inside Iran to Israel that made all the past assassination of Iranian top leaders seem like a breeze. The game is changing, and Israel is going to be denied all the intelligence provided by its spy network in Iran.
Suffice to say, that 12-day war between Israel and Iran have changed the thinking of the Iranians, no longer reactive but becoming more proactive. And it spells trouble for Israel going forward. What Israel has built up over decades in terms of its spy network is now being slowly dismantled by the Iranians. No longer are the Israelis still having free rein to gather intelligence, now that the spying network set up over decades been exposed and rendered less effective.
China already said it is ready for any war with the USA. Question is, is the USA really prepared for it? What about securing all the rare earth elements needed to make lots of weapons? They do not come by from thin air, just like printing toilet papers. The USA theoretically already lost the advantage trying to start a war with China. What if it is going to be a prolonged war like in Vietnam and Afghanistan? Does the USA still have the stomach to go for that? Aerial power, for all its gloating is not going to win a war itself. And China is far and away a much bigger military power than either Vietnam or Afghanistan.
All that posturing about wanting a truce in Ukraine and Middle East all points to the USA needing to make lots of weapons for any coming war with China and it is desperately in need of rare earth elements. There can never be two ways about it, and no amount of lying can cover up the truth.
As I said earlier, if the USA was able to manufacture enough interceptor missiles for both Ukraine and Israel, why is there a need to shift about 20,000 interceptor missiles from Ukraine to Israel to counter Iran? Why can't the USA produce more of them directly for Israel, knowing that Ukraine also needed them badly? Now that Israel and Iran are in a stalemate and in an uneasy truce, Trump is suddenly talking about making more patriot missiles for Ukraine to counter Russia. Why the sudden about turn, moving missiles out of Ukraine earlier and now wanting to cover up the lie?
Rare earth is not only China's bargaining chip, but also an existential commodity that it has to control tightly. No amount of bargaining over tariffs should this red line ever be crossed. Of course, the USA and its backers can always set up facilities to secure and process rare earth elements into useful magnets themselves, but time is not on their side cost and feasibility is a problem. Five or ten years is a long way to go from securing to making the final product.
How much would it cost Iran to rebuild its nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the USA, facilities for civilian use, not in violation of any international law? Hmmm, funny, no one is thinking about this, not even the Iranians. They have accepted their fate, that being smaller and weaker nation, unable to fight for and defend their rights and interests, getting bombed and facilities destroyed, people killed, are just parts and parcels of weak states. Even if they dare to demand for compensation, for war reparation, the two terrorist states would simply ignore them.
Compensation and war reparation are only for the victors to claim. The evil Brits and the 7 white men countries that invaded China, to force China to accept opium for trade, to drug the Chinese, all claimed big reparations against China, to the point of bankrupting China then. China, then under the Qing Dynasty, paid heavily for being invaded, bombed, killed, and looted, plundered, losing lands, and still had to pay war reparations to the invaders who demanded that China allowed them to sell drugs to the Chinese people. This was white men's Rules Based Order then, and also now.
If the bombing of Iran leads to an invasion and defeat of Iran, you can bet the American and Israeli terrorists would demand war reparation from Iran, for invading Iran. And no country would say this is unfair, not right. Even the UN would not say a thing. And the ICC and ICJ would rule everything against Iran and Iranian leaders. The Iranians would have to surrender with no conditions.
The same goes to Iraq. After the country was bombed and invaded, and semi colonised, with millions of Iraqi killed, millions became refugees, not a word about war reparation against the American terrorists for lying that Iraq had WMD. The whole world knows that it was a lie, the war was based on a lie, illegal. But so what? Who dares to claim from the world's number one terrorist state, the USA? The Iraqis should count themselves lucky that the American terrorists did not claim war reparation against them. But the Americans did take whatever oil they could lay their hands on, including the golds in the banks. This is their war reparation, taken quietly, and not wanting to talk about it, knowing that it is illegal and shameful and the whole world would object to it. But robbing and stealing from the Arab and Muslim states are second nature to the Americans and the West. And the western media would keep mum about it, the pro American Anglophiles too would not say a thing.
Then there are the ruins of Gaza and hundreds of thousands of Palestinian lives lost. Who is going to pay for it? Heheheh, not the Israelis or the Americans that provided all the bombs. No compensation from the American and Israeli terrorists for sure. But there is a small chance, if the American and Israel terrorists are kind enough, they may make the rest of the world to pay for it and claim credit for it, for helping to rebuild Gaza, using their own contractors and other people's money.
Praise the American and Israeli terrorists for their victorious wars against Iraq, Iran and Gaza. The whole world is giving their support and consent in silence including ASEAN.
PS. The latest on war reparation by MSN.
Trump reacts to claim Iran could force US to pay for strike damage.
Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding both the U.S. and Israel be blamed for the recent 12-day Israel-Iran war. 'We officially request hereby that the Security Council recognize the Israeli regime and the United States as the initiators of the act of aggression and acknowledge their subsequent responsibility, including the payment of compensation and reparations,' he wrote.
While Trump celebrated what he called the 'complete obliteration' of the nuclear sites in Tehran, Iran was asking for relief elsewhere. Araghchi added: 'While the full scale of the losses is under assessment, several hospitals and relief centers were targeted in grave breach of international humanitarian law, a few energy installations were targeted with the aim of disrupting daily lives of civilians.'
A four footer lad holding a Firearm against a Six Footer with a knife, who will runs first ah?
The White Barbarians and Savages thought that their Rights in having the Necular Bombs whereas Others especially the Muslims and Coloured Peoples could not!
Fark off you Scoundrels!
Sinkeland should get a few and no Need National Slavery and just have a Rocket Regular Battalion.
If Pakistan does not have their Necular, the Damn Indians would have antagonise them long long ago.
Buy now they are more fearful of the Pakistanis than themselves.
Already shown that they are just hot airs.
Iran in an instant simply have Russia and China airlifted them a few straight away.
This could have prevented so many Palestinians been killed by the Israelis.
Aiya please lah, you holy holy don't want to have the Necular to kill as this is Sinful but the White Barabians and Savages are not Sinful in killing you.
They already in their stupor and illusions that they are been guaranteed their places in Heavens in just believing in their Almight God and they could go on killing, raping and murdering others and still goes to Heavens.
So better have the Necular and send them to their Heveans and HELL soonest.
Or is it your wish that they send you to Heavens earlier?
Kelvin Wamsley thinks that Iran is buying an 'air force' from China, everything needed to keep its airspace secure. Right now, the Iranian airspace is as porous as a fishnet, allowing enemy planes to fly in, bomb them, and fly out without a response. That is going to change. New younger Iranian leaders have new plans for the country.
Iran is buying China's J10 fighter jets, PL15 missiles and Chinese made Advance Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), the whole works, all integrated to work with each other. This is better than buying air defense equipment from many sources that have difficulty working with each other.
The war between Pakistan and India exposed this shortcoming. Even Pakistan's JF17, developed in co-operation with China, could work well with Chinese weapons. That was a massive advantage for Pakistan over India, that had French Rafale, Russian MIGs and India's own fighter jets operating on different platforms.
That war between Pakistan and India opened up a big market for Chinese military equipment manufacturers. The Rafale jet at US$288 million each paid by India can buy seven J10s with money to spare, and with the latter not lacking in performance, I think the J10 needs no advertising. China can make as many as needed with its control of rare earth elements, titanium, and much cheaper steel, iron and aluminum.
What is even more shocking, according to Kevin is that Chinese PL15 missiles are being made in factories by robots working 24 hours a day. Western weapon manufacturers meanwhile are waiting for China to loosen it rare earth exports before being able to make what is needed. Which is why Trump is pushing for a ceasefire in the Middle East and Ukraine. Putin is not buying it and is continuing with his bombing, infuriating Trump. Israel wants a truce to rearm and regroup, and Hamas must not fall into the trap.
The West tried but never succeeded to control China totally. First was using religion to try to convert the Chinese but failed. They also failed to convert India as well. These are ancient civilizations with thousands of years of history and their own religious culture. It was not to be shaken by just using the Bible.
Next, they tried to drug the Chinese using opium. And they had the audacity to force China to open up the country to the opium trade. This was done in conjunction with the Eight Nations trying to split China up into different concessions, so that the Whites each rule a concession just like in Africa. The Chinese fought back, lost out, but did not succumb and kept trying to get rid of the invaders. China was too big to put down. Yes, China did suffer a century of humiliation having to secede Hong Kong to the British and Macau to the Portuguese as war reparations.
Of course, we know about the recent trade wars, chip wars and tariff wars, all with the intention of putting China down. Now the window to put China down is gone and China is not the China of the last century and a half.
A 20 min cautionary clip for seniors that could save them a lot of money, from fear and maybe from pain and their lives. When one becomes a senior, your body conditions and systems changed accordingly. This is part of ageing and has nothing to fear.
Below is a piece I wrote a few weeks back and finally put it up after viewing the above clip that shared the same views of mine. Live and enjoy life, and don't disturb your body unnecessary when it is taking care of itself and you.
When Healthier SG was launched in 2023, Mr Sebastian Lee signed up with a general practitioner near hishome after seeing advertisements for the health campaign.
While the subsidies and free check-ups drew him in, little did Mr Lee know that this would save his life.
Earlier this year, the 71-year-old retiree found out through a screening under Healthier SG that he had high levels of a protein produced by the prostate gland known as prostate-specific antigens.
After further checks in April this year, he learnt that he had muscle-invasive bladder cancer, believed to be either stage two or three. The tumour was removed on April 22.
Today, doctors are still deciding if he will require chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
“If I had not gone for the health examination, I would not have found out,” said Mr Lee.
“Now that I know I have muscle-invasive bladder cancer, I can seek proper health treatment as recommended by the doctors.” Lorraine Lee CNA
The above is from an article in CNA about Heathier SG and the promise of better health for those above 40. I am 75 going 76 and would like to share some of my thinking about healthy living and how it would affect how long one would live. I am not a medical professional and what I am going to say is just a personal opinion from a layman. Do not take what I say as medical advice.
One thing that struck me about health and living longer is that many believed that there is a direct relationship, ie the healthier you are, the longer you live. The facts are contrary to this belief. There are many with serious illnesses, incapacitated, bedridden, but just would not die even in their 80s and 90s. There are many healthy and fit younger people that died suddenly. In my view, how long a person lives is not directly related to his health. Good health means a person can have a high quality of life while he is alive. It doesn't guarantee he will live longer.
Another point I would like to make is that our body will degenerate and all the parts would gradually age and die. This is nature and the process is slow and gradual. Anyone 60 and above, or even younger, would experience ageing of cells and organs. I can guarantee that if I go for an Xray, CT scan, MRI or a full checkup, many parts of my organs are going to show signs of ageing and dying. I believe that if there is no pain or discomfort, it is better to let the ageing process takes its natural path, gradually. If your parts are not ageing and dying, you are not human. But if there are pains and discomfort, then better go see a doctor.
I choose not to go for a medical checkup because my body is functioning normally for my age. The last medical checkup I did was on my ROD from Reservist. That was not really a thorough checkup but good enough for me. I had a bit of gout problem on my toe and the doctor was very persistent to the point of irritating that I should go for a thorough check up. He was annoyed that I refused to do so. By the way, my gout condition has disappeared with a little care with my diet. I am still competing in the 100m sprint for seniors. The most important things, I can eat, sleep, pee and shit normally.
What is likely to happen if I go for a full medical checkup is that I will be presented with a list of all the ageing parts in the body, little polyps here and there, dead tissues, mostly benign, not malignant. At this age, there will be many dead spots all over for sure. But if they are not affecting my daily activities, no pain and discomfort, why would I want to poke at them, or even worse, go and cut it up? In my view, some medical views also agree, that poking at benign growth or tissues could cause it to break out and spread and become malignant. The above clip discussed about the risks of doing an ops or some professional procedures.
I choose to let the body adjust by itself. The body is supposed to take care of itself, to heal itself, in the best way possible. If I can do all the physical activities normally, I am very happy and satisfied. Why spend more money and risk getting into more trouble when I can live normally? Why go for a checkup and be frightened by all the spots in the body and starts to worry about this and that? Sure, the ageing parts would go on ageing and soon I will die like everyone else. Touch wood, I could go on for a few more years living normally before ageing takes its natural course. We will all die sooner or later.
One thing for sure, your health does not determine how long you live but how well you live. Take care of your health, do some exercises within the limits of your body conditions. Don't overindulge in anything, in exercises or in eating, drinking or merry making. Moderation is everything.
The Americans and Israelis have the Arab and Muslim states by their balls, literally speaking. They have all the military power to wipe them out at their whims and fancies and knowing no one is out there to stop them. And the Arab and Muslim leaders understand this and thus have to behave appropriately, even to kiss the ass of Trump and Netanyahu to the dismay of their people and hurting their own pride. But what can they do? They are held at ransom by the two terrorist states that have no inhibition to attack them, to assassinate them. The two terrorist heads in Washington and Tel Aviv talked about it openly. Their latest, letting Khamenei live for a while, how long depends on which side of the bed they wake up the next morning.
The Arab and Muslim states are held at ransom by the American and Israeli terrorists, with the threat to bombing them to oblivion, with nuclear bombs. The problem with the Arab and Muslim states is that they could not find any weakness in the Americans and the Israelis, unable to deal with them, unable to hit back and fear being blasted to the Stone Age.
Are the Americans and Israelis really that formidable, without any weakness, without any Achilles Heel? For a long while, the Israelis have built a myth that they are invincible, nothing can harm them, Israel is an impenetrable fortress. The Iron Dome, David Sling and whatever would keep them safe from any attack or harm. The Arabs and Muslims believe this and give up, no point trying.
The latest missile attack by Iran has exposed the weaknesses of the Israeli defence system. Israel is not defensible and can be destroyed. All the big cities like Tel Aviv can be destroyed, flattened, turned into the likes of Gaza. The Americans and Israelis have threatened all the Arab and Muslim states to turn them into Gaza, especially with nuclear bombs by the unscrupulous terrorists in Tel Aviv. They did not make any pretence about it, about what they would do. The threat is real.
The Arab and Muslims states did not have nuclear bombs to nuke Tel Aviv and other big Israeli cities. This is the key reason why the Israelis are obsessed that no Arab and Muslim state can have nuclear bombs. They would bomb Iran again. The Israelis were working with the Indians to nuke Pakistan too.
The Arab and Muslim states, other than Pakistan, may not have nuclear bombs now. But the same damages of a nuclear bomb can be achieved in Tel Aviv or any big Israeli cities by 100, 200, 500 or 1,000 hypersonic missiles with conventional bombs. Iran has more than 10,000 of them. The combined arsenal of the Arab and Muslim world could have another few thousand of such conventional bombs.
Yes, Tel Aviv and other Israeli big cities can be flattened by a few hundred bombs. This can be the ransom the Arab and Muslim states are looking for. Finally they have enough bombs to hit the big cities of Israel. And to flatten them and decimate the whole cities and their population, don't need that many bombs. The thing is that it can be done. The Arab and Muslim states can now turn the table against the Israelis by threatening to send everything they have to the big Israeli cities if they are bombed or nuked by the Americans or the Israelis.
The big cities are Israel's Achilles Heels. Israel cannot take such hits. In the past they thought nothing can hit their big cities. This is no longer true, just Israeli and American fiction. What the Iranians did in the 12 Day War is a game changer. The Arab and Muslim states can now recalibrate their defence strategies against Israel, no longer be held at ransom. They can hold the Israelis at ransom, not for a few hostages, but a few big cities, including Tel Aviv and all the Israelis in them. This is another version of MAD. Both can now play the threatening game, a suicidal game.
Trump is gloating about his deal with Vietnam with tariffs reduced to 20% instead of 48%, while Vietnam will allow USA products to enter Vietnam tariff free.
In the face of the zero tariffs imposed by Vietnam, what products are USA companies making in USA going to sell in Vietnam that the Vietnamese are not already making themselves? Maybe Trump needs a market for his US$5 million golden visas, gold coins with his face, his own brand of lotion and perfumes, maybe arm-twisting Vietnam by force if necessary? India was arm twisted to buy expensive military equipment because Indian consumers cannot afford other expensive USA products. In the process Modi backstabbed Putin by buying weapons from USA instead of Russia. Trump laid a trap for Modi, to sour his relationship with Putin, and he fell headlong into it
On the surface, Trump has a good deal with Vietnam, until you realize that many USA companies are doing manufacturing in Vietnam in every sector, and Trump's 20% is also punishing them, with their exports to USA more expensive for USA consumers. Most other manufacturing entities are basically Chinese companies manufacturing in Vietnam, and their products will also be more expensive for the USA market. The loser is still USA importers and consumers.
On the other side of the coin, what products are the USA selling to Vietnam when many of them are already manufacturing products in Vietnam, competing with the Chinese and others? Are they going to be cheaper than Chinese manufactured goods made in Vietnam factories? So, even without tariffs can imported USA products sell in Vietnam?
The military supplies sector is one area that China also has a massive advantage to move into, not that China is not already doing so. China has all the rare earth elements and processing logistics, all the iron, steel, aluminum and other essential metals like titanium all at much cheaper prices than the USA (that is raising tariffs on them to thwart its own military industrial complex and manufacturing sectors), all the supply chains to cater to a particular sector, a ready supply of skilled engineers and scientists that China had been training over the past decades. All these are long-term thinking by the Chinese leaders.
Western leaders are short-term thinkers, wanting quick short-term returns, ignoring the long-term consequences. They have been nakedly exposed for their warped thinking. Greed has led them to forget about needing to go for the raw materials, rare earth resources and refining logistics, new growth sectors and blaming others for their missing the bus when they are late for the party. A perfect example is their pre-occupation with logging on to protect its internal combustion engines (ICE) car manufacturers when others are already in the thick of the EV revolution and zooming ahead. The blame should fall on the fossil fuel lobby in the USA, of which Trump is a big supporter. That is one evil with businesses using campaign donations to pursue an agenda.
Even Tesla, the pioneer of EVs, despite its head start, is facing severe headwinds from Chinese EV makers, not to talk about those USA and EU late comers hitching a ride on the EV revolution. I think the USA and EU have comprehensively lost the EV battle and the market, and the only way out for them is erecting barriers or banning Chinese EVs entering their market, which is a fruitless battle. When they cannot compete at home against Chinese EVs and resorting such tactics, how are they going to compete outside the USA and EU? Just making highly expensive EVs for a limited market is suicidal.
By the way, here in Singapore, according to one onlooker, it was reported that BYD sold more than six thousand EVs in 2024, ahead of all others. It already sold more than three thousand EVs or 20% of total EV sales in Singapore just four months into 2025. And BYD is a very late comer to the Singapore EV market, entering only in 2023, which makes it even more worrying for other EV makers. No, I am not paid by BYD or CCP to promote its sales.
All these grandstanding policies by the USA are going to backfire badly or are already backfiring against the USA.
Taking the Chip war as an example, the policy is really forcing China to dive headlong to prioritize chip development which it would not have done so and still content to rely on imported chips from USA, Japan and South Korea for a longer duration. Now the chip market in China is closing for these three countries like in motor vehicles.
And those chip factories set up by TSMC and others in Arizona are not even proven to be progressing unhindered with unforeseen issues cropping up and delaying the production schedule. By the time they are sorted out, especially to train skilled workers, China would already be self-sufficient and dominating. The China high speed train waits for nobody to catch up.
Decoupling from China is also proving to be a no go, which is why it is now called 'de-risking' with even the nonsense about over-capacity thrown in. Right now, China is exporting less to the USA and more to the Global South, a growing market that cannot be ignored. China is building all the new bridges to take advantage of the situation, which is in fact a blessing in disguise. The USA on the other hand is blowing up bridges and closing its doors. Who would investors bet on to invest in manufacturing? It is a no brainer choice.
Now, the USA and Israel have forced Iran's hand to make nuclear weapons. And China has also benefitted from the miscalculation of Trump and Netanyahu, selling more weapons to Iran to beef up its defense capabilities. This is another example of backfiring against the USA.
The Americans, Israelis and all the white countries are calling for stopping Iran from having nuclear bombs. They take it as their right and they are the authority in this world, to decide who can have nuclear bombs and who cannot, and only the white men have the right to have nuclear bombs, the more the merrier. North Korea is still being sanctioned and isolated by the white regimes and condemned, not allowed to trade with the world, not allowed to join the international community.
All the white countries supported the bombing of Iran to stop Iran from making nuclear bombs. They would not even listen to Iran saying their nuclear facilities are for commercial and peaceful use. They just bombed Iran as the right of the white men. White men's Rules Based Order. They write the rules for coloured people to obey. According to Dr Oalaalou, 6 Arab states actually supported the American and Israeli bombing of Iran. Can you beat that?
All the western media would not raise the issue of stopping Israel from having nuclear bombs. They would not talk about it. China and Russia, and the Global South must speak out and call for the bombing of Israel nuclear facilities and nuclear weapons,to destroy Israel's nuclear weapons. This is only fair and just. Why should white men be so special, why should Israel be so special? In fact, the world should call for the ban on all nuclear weapons.
The rogue American regime has the most nuclear weapons and still producing them, making bigger and more deadly nuclear bombs. Why is it acceptable? No country is exceptional to have the exclusive privilege of having nuclear bombs to threaten other countries. The rules of the white men to order and rule the coloured people must be abolished for good. America is a rogue country, a terrorist state. They are not exceptional, only exceptional in committing genocides and starting wars.
No nuclear weapons for all. Period. Bomb Israel to get rid of its nuclear bombs and facilities. This is a principle that must be upheld by all countries, big or small.
China is an enigma, a civilization that the West can never understand. China is also a different economic power to take down, having the manufacturing capacity and the huge consumer market at the same time, unlike Japan and Germany. The latter two have the manufacturing power but not the market to back up. And they succumbed to the USA's effort to put them under its thumb.
The USA had never been tested before in competition, not with the Soviet Union that has technological expertise but little economic clout. China, according to John Mearsheimer is a peer competitor, a competitor for the USA in every sector, be it economic or military. The USA knows that a rising China is bad news for the USA Empire doing forward.
What makes it even more dire for the USA is its policy of making more enemies than allies, with only the Anglo-Saxon Whites rallying behind it, together with some silly hangers-on like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and you know who.
Before being able to set up manufacturing, Trump imposed tariffs to do what? Just to make life more miserable for USA importers and consumers. Make American Great Again he boasted.
Now Trump's red hat reads 'Gulf of America'. He is no longer making American great. He is making himself great coming up with new business ventures like making perfumes and lotions under his name. People claimed that he smelt like shit, with some suspecting he is wearing a urine bag. Yeh, he needs lots of perfume to musk his shit smell.
Wonder how successful his US$5 million golden visa sales was. Many have already been conned by his crypto coin bearing his face. They should know that this man is in the business of conning people.
More to come with Chinese weapons export to Iran. After all, more strategic co-operation can be signed, with Iran using oil for payment, which China needs in abundance at good discounts. Are the Chinese also selling weapons to Iran at discounts? China should be giving deep discounts since countries like Pakistan are doing the free testing and advertising for them.
I think it is a good strategy adopted by China, selling weapons that the PLA probably is not figuring in its arsenal, freely without having to fear the leaking of security issues. Countries do not have to buy them and stationed them in China, LOL. Even a UK F35 marooned in Kerala is under heavy guard for fear of security leakage. That is for a plane that is probably two decades old, my goodness. Remember that F35 that fell from a carrier into the South China Sea in January 2022? There was much fear of China salvaging it. But China was not interested even in trying to go for it. China probably knows it is obsolete but still being hyped up.
I think there is a goldmine opening up for China in the global military hardware sector. When it takes off, hmm, wonder if that over-capacity demonization is again going to rear its ugly head. I would not bet against that, as that will be China eating the lunch of the traditional weapon manufacturers.
